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caution

/kaw-shuhn/US // ˈkɔ ʃən //UK // (ˈkɔːʃən) //

警惕,注意事项,注意力,谨慎

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
    • : a warning against danger or evil; anything serving as a warning: By way of caution, he told me the difficulties I would face.
    • : Informal. a person or thing that astonishes or causes mild apprehension: She's a caution. The way he challenges your remarks is a caution.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to give warning to; advise or urge to take heed.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to warn or advise: The newspapers caution against overoptimism.

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Examples

  • Analysts have expressed some caution about the Nikola Badger, for which the company began taking preorders before announcing its manufacturer.

  • Because private security officers don’t have the legal protection of the badge, they’re taught to use extra caution when exercising deadly force.

  • Elmer unwraps some caution tape for ratepayers in the meantime.

  • The playground equipment sat unused, swirled in caution tape due to the pandemic.

  • Fisheries biologist Allen Andrews has a word of caution about the new research.

  • The second set was immediately canceled, and everyone was warned to take caution and head home.

  • Good news, in an epidemic as unpredictable as this one, must be met with caution.

  • While the caution that the fragility of this situation calls for cannot be overstated, neither can the successes made thus far.

  • There was “some note of caution” attached to hiring Knox, thanks to the negativity from the case, Robinson said.

  • Medical authorities of the day often acted less out of an “abundance of caution” than with a general callousness to humanity.

  • But Soult was possessed of a crafty caution which seldom if ever allowed his ambition to hinder the success his ability deserved.

  • They show to the full the secret of the Marshal's success as a soldier, the blending of ardour with method and dash with caution.

  • In successive letters he reiterates the caution to beware of surprise and treason, and his anxiety for constant news.

  • With all the fiery enthusiasm of the Gael, he possessed to an unusual degree the caution of the Lowland Scot.

  • "It's across the lagoon," Dr. Silence cried, but this time in full tones that paid no tribute to caution.